People · United Kingdom
Alex Silvester
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SILV34
Alex Silvester has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at Bristol Winter Open 2024, puts them in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 422nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, they have put 109 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in August 2022 to 9.34, a 16% improvement. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.34 | 10.79 | top 5.7% | 422 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 3.59 | top 8.5% | 576 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 46.29 | 50.55 | top 19.9% | 443 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.41 | 25.32 | top 24.3% | 454 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.22 | 1:35.82 | top 25.8% | 337 / 1,151 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Bristol Winter Open 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022. A 12.03 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
Competitions
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to their.
- Oliver Wheat — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Thomas Bevan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yan-Heng Zhang — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as they improves.